Today is Porajmos Memorial Day. Today we remember the half a million Romani people murdered by Nazi genocide. Dikh He Na Bister
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Today we observe Porajmos (Roma Holocaust) Remembrance Day. on the night of 2–3 August 1944, 2,897 Roma were murdered at the Zigeunerfamilienlager at Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember them and the half a million Sinti and Roma murdered by Nazi Germany and fascist collaborators. Na Bistaren.
Because he’s a bold Democratic fighter who is challenging the status quo, Abdul El-Sayed is up against a record amount of outside spending. We need to counter the tens of millions pouring into this race with an impressive ground game — and you can help from anywhere: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Please don't forget that there is a very solid second candidate running on the Democratic ticket, and to the best of my knowledge he doesn't even have a Nazi tattoo. he's a career USAID guy from an ACTUAL working class family
Maine Democrat David Costello makes his second bid for US Senate
Two years after he tried to unseat independent Sen. Angus King, Democrat David Costello is now running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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Democrat David Costello says he’s a viable alternative
David Costello and Graham Platner are competing to take on Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican seeking a sixth term. Democrats hope to take control of the Senate by flipping four seats, with Maine consid...
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@davidcostello.bsky.social is also on the ballot, and @andrealaflamme.bsky.social is running a write-in campaign, and the ballot is RCV, so talking up an alternative might be a better strategy than trashing Platner, if blocking Platner is the goal.
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Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! We're everywhere and we're cool. Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥
I think often of a New York Times photo of a little Iraqi girl tending to her parakeets in a bombed house, probably from 20 years ago now. I will think of this man and his sweet dog often now too. People just want to love what they love, care for their little beings, and instead we do this to them
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 4mo agoMan with his dog flees from bombs in Tehran. (Photo by Pooria Hatami)
We had only written the pilot of Halt and Catch Fire when we read Soul of the New Machine. That book had a huge impact not only on the content of our show, but the tone. The humanity at the center of the work. The book is still on my desk and will be forever. We owe Tracy a lot.
Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies aged 80
Writer looked to topics such as computer engineering and life in a nursing home to produce richly researched books
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The person arrested for this plot is a member of the Kahanist Jewish Defense League. As a Jewish person, I denounce the violent terrorists in the JDL.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4mo agoBreaking News: Law enforcement officials are said to have disrupted a plot to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, the leader of one of New York’s most active pro-Palestinian protest groups.
Also: sorry, not sorry, but (once again) if you're spouting some mix of "we're cooked/there's no point/it's so over" you're getting muted, unfollowed (if I even follow you) and maybe blocked too. Your doomer, defeatist attitude will be consigned to the dustbin of history alongside our enemies.